Our interior space

Psychologies Magazine, July 2001 — Every summer, tens of thousands of French people dedicate a few days to nurturing their "soul." The guesthouses of Catholic monasteries are packed – sometimes reservations are required more than a year in advance...

Travel to India

Psychologies Magazine, June 2001 — In 1982, I celebrated my 20th birthday in India. Nineteen years later, I returned to conduct interviews with the Dalai Lama for a book. The reasons that led me to make this trip and the lasting impact it had on me...

Can we vaccinate against sects?

Psychologies Magazine, April 2001 — With the rise of mass suicides, we've become accustomed to only discussing cults in the wake of these tragic events. For once, a genuine debate (1) is unfolding within civil society around a proposed...

The humanism of compassion

Psychologies Magazine, January 2001 — The growing success of Zen and Tibetan Buddhism in the West has revived an old moral concept worn down by centuries: compassion. Already criticized by the Stoics and by Spinoza as a weakness of...